Improvement in hat-pouncing machines



.UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNROSENORANZ, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT-POUNGING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 95,270, dated September 28, 1869.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN ROSENGRANZ, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of `Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Pouncing Machine 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact ydescription thereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification. i

This invention relates to :improvements in hat-ponncing machines, the object of which is to provide a simple and eficient machine for ponncing the coarse hair of the fur felt hats after they are colored or in natural colors, to produce 'a fine, smooth, and velvety surface of the felt, which is now commonly done wholly by hand. i i

The invention consists in one or more pairs of conical rollersand a vibrating, brushing, or rubbing device, arranged and adapted for imparting a rotary motion to the hat by passing the brim through the` rollers, which press it `and move it past the ponncing apparatus for. ponncing the brim.

It also consists of a ponncing-block for supporting the crown, arranged to revolve back i and forth about one revolution each way for the application of the pouncing apparatus, to be held in the hand of the operator, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure l represents a perspective view of C, adapted to impart` a rotary motion to the hat-bodyby passing the brim between the said rollers.l These rollers are so arranged that their surfaces, at the point where they act upon the brim, are parallel with the upper surface of the table. They may be operated by belts D from a driving-shaft, E, below, in any preferred manner. Between these two sets of rollers is arranged a vibrating brushearrier, F, whereon sand-paper brushes, or any other suitable brushing or rubbing material, may be placed for brushing the surface of the brim backand forth as it is revolved by the rollers. This back-and-forth movement is for the purpose of separating the coarse hair of the felt by the ponncing apparatus, which takes the said hair out without injuring the surface, and much better and evener than can be done by hand.

If the apparatus moves only one way, the hair will lie down close with the felt, requiring much harder rubbing, which takes the fur also.

The said carrier is pivoted at Gr on an axis, and connected at H to a reciprocating slide, I, worked in ways on the table by a crankshaft, K, and connecting-rod L, also worked by a belt from the drivingshaft below.

Both sides of the brims may be subjected to this brushing operation by adjusting them in the rollers, first with one side up, and then the other.

M represents a block or form, supported above the table on a vertical shaft, N, arranged to revolve first in one direction and then the other, about one revolution each way, by means of cords O P, wound in opposite directions thereon, and worked by opposing cranks Q R of a driving-shaft, S, below the table. The said cords or belts work over suitable guidepulleys T, supported in adjusting-blocks for governing their tension.

The hats are placed on this block for brushing or ponncing them by brushing or ponncing paper or other rubbing substance, to be held in the hands of the attendant against the said bodies as they are moved back and forth in this way. y

This back-and-forth movement is found much better adapted for the ponncin g process than a constant movement in one Way, as the ponncing device attacks the coarse hairs first on one side and then on the other, thereby reducing them more rapidly and evenly.

Having thus described my invention, what rotation alternately in opposite directions, and adapted for pouneing hats, substantially in the manner herein described.

JOHN BOSENCRANZ.

Witnesses:

LUDWIG SCHULER SCHIRTZ, ADOLPH WEIs. 

